This is just the sickest thing one could possibly do. A man was posing as Heath Ledger’s father, calling up news stations and even Tom Cruise and was trying to obtain information from them.

The unnamed caller was taped telling a reporter that Ledger’s death was a “mistake” and claimed that Ledger loved daughter Matilda “to bits,” among his other fabrications. TMZ spotted Ledger’s dad, Kim — the real one — today at Heath’s SoHo apartment, where he stayed for about an hour and left.

Reports have claimed that the impostor called Tom Cruise and the funeral home where Heath was taken, as well as the cops and medical examiner. Halle Berry’s rep says that the fake Kim Ledger did not call Halle, and TMZ has contacted reps for John Travolta and Mel Gibson, who were also said to have been contacted.

That’s just sick!

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